January 13, 2020
The Center for Chinese Studies has been immensely generous with its fellowship support over my five years as a Berkeley student, most recently financing a return trip to Taipei, where I spent every day last summer in 3 hours of one-on-one sessions with experts in Chinese literature and history, reading the works that are foundational to my area of study in early imperial law. Without CCS, I would never have had the opportunity to acquire the background cultural and linguistic skills that are enabling me to explore such exciting avenues in my dissertation research. I couldn’t be more grateful!
— Daniel Friedman
Department of History
CCS Fellowship Recipient